Abstract:
In a device for treating material at high temperature and high pressure which includes a high pressure cylinder built from a tube and a prestressed, force-absorbing wire or strip sheath wound around the tube, with end closures projecting into the cylinder and a press stand for holding the end closures, the cylinder is provided with longitudinally extending cooling channels either running along the inner wall of the sheath or at an intermediate position within the sheath, adjacent to the inner wall thereof.